NEW YORK (Monday, October 27, 2025) – Major League Soccer today announced that Los Angeles Football Club’s Son Heung-Min has won the 2025 AT&T MLS Goal of the Year for his stunning free kick, curling the ball over the wall and into the net to secure a 1-1 draw against FC Dallas. Son’s winning goal was scored in the 6th minute on Saturday, August 23rd at Toyota Stadium (Watch Here).
This was the South Korean’s first MLS goal in his third game overall with LAFC after signing with the club in August of this year. In his debut season, Son played in 10 regular-season games for LAFC scoring nine goals and contributing three assists.
Son joined LAFC after a 10-year run with Tottenham Hotspur in the English Premier League, where he scored 173 goals across all competitions, registered 101 assists, and became the first Asian player to win the Premier League Golden Boot in 2021–22.The 2025 AT&T MLS Goal of the Year was determined by fan votes on MLSsoccer.com and has been awarded since the league’s inaugural 1996 season.
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A full list of AT&T MLS Goal of the Year award winners can be found below:
Season | Player – Team | Goal |
2025 | Son Heung-Min – Los Angeles FC | 8/23/25 vs. FC Dallas, 6th min |
2024 | Luca Orellano – FC Cincinnati | 8/31/24 vs. CF Montreal, 57th min |
2023 | Luciano Acosta – FC Cincinnati | 9/23/23 vs. Charlotte FC, 78th min |
2022 | Josef MartÃnez – Atlanta United | 10/1/22 vs. New England Revolution, 81st min |
2021 | Rubio Rubin – Real Salt Lake | 5/7/21 vs. San Jose Earthquakes, 43rd min |
2020 | Darlington Nagbe – Columbus Crew SC | 8/20/20 vs. Chicago Fire FC, 81st min |
2019 | Josef MartÃnez – Atlanta United | 9/18/19 vs. FC Cincinnati, 65th min |
2018 | Zlatan Ibrahimović – LA Galaxy | 3/31/18 vs. LAFC, 77th min |
2017 | Héctor Villalba – Atlanta United | 7/21/17 vs. Orlando City SC, 86th min |
2016 | Shkëlzen Gashi – Colorado Rapids | 9/24/16 vs. Vancouver Whitecaps FC, 75th min |
2015 | Krisztián Németh – Sporting Kansas City | 10/4/15 vs. Portland Timbers, 83rd min |
2014 | Obafemi Martins – Seattle Sounders FC | 5/23/14 vs. San Jose Earthquakes, 8th min |
2013 | Camilo Sanvezzo – Vancouver Whitecaps FC | 10/6/13 vs. Portland Timbers, 78th min |
2012 | Patrick Ianni – Seattle Sounders FC | 6/20/12 vs. Sporting Kansas City, 15th min |
2011 | Darlington Nagbe – Portland Timbers | 7/2/11 vs. Sporting Kansas City, 45th min |
2010 | Marco Pappa – Chicago Fire | 4/10/10 vs. San Jose Earthquakes, 52nd min |
2009 | Landon Donovan – LA Galaxy | 8/8/09 vs. New England Revolution, 21st min |
2008 | Will Johnson – Real Salt Lake | 10/18/08 vs. FC Dallas, 54th min |
2007 | Cuauhtémoc Blanco – Chicago Fire | 8/18/07 vs. Real Salt Lake, 43rd min |
2006 | Brian Ching – Houston Dynamo | 9/30/06 v D.C. United, 86th min |
2005 | Dwayne De Rosario – San Jose Earthquakes | 10/15/05 vs. LA Galaxy, 45th min |
2004 | Dwayne De Rosario – San Jose Earthquakes | 8/7/04 vs. D.C. United, 82nd min |
2003 | Damani Ralph – Chicago Fire | 8/13/03 vs. Columbus Crew SC, 90th min |
2002 | Carlos Ruiz – LA Galaxy | 7/27/02 vs. Columbus Crew SC, 75th min |
2001 | Clint Mathis – MetroStars | 4/28/01 vs. Dallas Burn, 60th min |
2000 | Marcelo Balboa – Colorado Rapids | 4/22/00 vs. Columbus Crew SC, 55th min |
1999 | Marco Etcheverry – D.C. United | 5/22/99 vs. Miami Fusion, 90th min |
1998 | Brian McBride – Columbus Crew | 7/9/98 vs. Chicago Fire, 68th min |
1997 | Marco Etcheverry – D.C. United | 8/27/97 vs. New England Revolution, 39th min |
1996 | Eric Wynalda – San Jose Clash | 4/6/96 vs. D.C. United, 88th min |
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